Submitted

Tue, Sep 10th 2013 05:00 pm

The Herschell Carrousel
Factory Museum is a proud participant in the ninth annual Museum Day, presented
bySmithsonian magazine.
A celebration of culture, learning and the dissemination of knowledge, Museum
Day helps make museums more accessible to visitors across the country.

Last year's event drew
more than 400,000 museumgoers, and this year is anticipated to draw record-high
attendance. This year's Museum Day is Saturday, Sept. 28.
The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum will be open between noon
and 4 p.m.

If you've always wanted
to check out the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, or come back for a repeat
visit, this is the time. Enjoy the museum's exhibits on woodcarving and band
organs, displays of antique carrousel horses, and hands-on children's gallery
all at no charge.

The museum's new outdoor
"Kiddieland Testing Park" will also be open for this event, weather permitting.
This addition to the museum interprets a major part of the Allan Herschell
Company's later history, when small metal rides for children were the top
seller. The Kiddieland Testing Park brings this history to life through four
refurbished kiddie rides from the factory's postwar, baby boom era, as well as
a picnic pavilion and admissions house. The rides consist of miniature cars and
fire engines; a horse and pony cart; helicopters that lift into the sky; and
floating boats.

Visit www.smithsonian.com/museumday to download a
free Museum Day admission card. Each card provides free museum access for two
people; limit one card per household. One
must present a Museum Day admission card in order to receive free admission.One ride token is included with each free admission, and is good for
the 1916 Allan Herschell full-size carrousel or the 1940s kiddie carrousel, as
well as any of the outdoor kiddie rides. Additional ride tokens can be
purchased for 50 cents each.

The Herschell Carrousel
Factory Museum is housed in the historic Allan Herschell Company Factory
building at 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda. For directions and further
information about special events, programs or group tours, visit www.carrouselmuseum.org, call 716-693-1885 or email [email protected].